So with Premier League safety assured along with our manager for next season, thought we may as well get this thread started as soon as possible. Post any rumours/confirmed information, but leave ideas to the targets thread please

TheHammeredDog wrote:So with Premier League safety assured along with our manager for next season, thought we may as well get this thread started as soon as possible. Post any rumours/confirmed information, but leave ideas to the targets thread please

TheHammeredDog wrote:So with Premier League safety assured along with our manager for next season, thought we may as well get this thread started as soon as possible. Post any rumours/confirmed information, but leave ideas to the targets thread please

This hardy perennial is for the usual summer hysteria and knee-jerkism, whereas the realistic targets thread is for reasonableness and calm review of potential targets that haven't "been all over twitter".

Chippenhammer wrote:West Ham are understood to have made Cole an off the record offer of around £35,000-a- week with an "accept by the last day of the season" condition placed on it.

Wasn't that refuted by Carlton himself, and further substantiated by Allardyce?

Offering a reserve striker £35k a week doesn't sound like something the current board of West Ham would do.

O'Neil is on record in the last couple of days as saying he has heard nothing from the club either.

West Ham midfielder Gary O’Neil is hoping that he has done enough to earn himself a new deal at Upton Park after starting the last 11 games in claret and blue.

The former Middlesbrough and Portsmouth man, who turns 30 this Saturday, is out of contract at the club next week, but he is making a battling attempt to stay at the club as they continue to improve.

“I’d love to stay, but I haven’t heard anything yet from the club to be honest,” he said after Sunday’s disappointing 2-0 defeat against Everton at Goodison Park. “There is only a week to go now, so we will have to wait and see.

“I will concentrate on playing next week and then I’ve got my holidays booked for next Tuesday, so I am looking forward to that. I’m just waiting for the club to let me know what they are going to do, I haven’t heard either way.”

1) They are talking about our left back problem...and then saying we are targeting a right back to fill it........ 2) We have two right backs who've just been given new contracts3) We haven't spent a penny in fees on full backs under this board and Solly would cost4) Figuroea and Rat both have more experience, both play LB and both are free

The LB position will be one of the 2 freebies - Rat or Figueroa; Also would not be surprised to see us try to get Rio back for a season or two swansong and to mentor the likes of Reid and Tomkins.

No GK - Jussi will do until Jan - if not performing will look to replace in Jan (unless Cesar or someone of his abilities) is available at a price too good to resist at this time

St - AC obvious first choice - do believe that the club will go to £ 14m to try and get him and i think he has indicated he is willing to concede on some of his wages - so Liverpool is the stumbling block. What will be interesting is to see if they try and bring in a semi-decent back-up for Carroll - Darren Bent? - I am not sure he would be that expensive at the mo.

Mid - Right sided attacking mid needed to replace Vaz Te - Also think they will maybe look at bringing a "clone" for Diame for rotation and in case Diame can't be pinned down to a new contract.Diame obviously should be a priority but depends on if a decdent offer comes in that can't be turned down.